Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Distress It!

Hello Krafty Friends. it's time for the latest challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I am your Krafty hostess this week and my challenge for you is to DISTRESS IT! 

Grab your stamps (all are welcome) and create a NEW card, layout or altered item to match this week's theme. You can share it with us on Krafty Friends Facebook in our group (here) or link up over at the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. You have all week to play along and there is a chance to WIN $10 gift card to the KKS shop. If you do use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your project, you will double your chance to win.

Distressing is one of my favourite go to techniques. So many images and paper really work with distressing and there are many fun ways for you to distress. My go to distressing techniques are inking, fraying the edges of my paper and tearing portions of my paper.

Today I worked with our BBQ dude from the WILD AND CRAZY GUYS. This set was part of the May release. I distressed the edges and inked up all of the paper (Simple Stories Take a Hike) on my fun Father's day card.

On my image I tried to create the look of burnt paper. To do this I trimmed around the image with scissors, making sure that I was NOT straight with my cuts. I inked the edges with Vintage photo bringing the ink in a little from the edge of the paper. I then use black soot ink and ink just on the edge off the paper.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Grab you paper and stamps and play along with this week's DISTRESS IT challenge. Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more about this week's challenge have look at some inspiration from my talented teammates.

Have you checked out the FRUGAL FRIDAY sales going on right now. There are dozens of stamps currently on sale, so you will want to check it out. The sale is only for the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a super Saturday!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day Three - Wild & Crazy Guys!

It's time for day THREE of our May preview for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today we have a fantastic set from the amazing artist Emilie Goulet. This handy set is called WILD & CRAZY GUYS and it features the three images that will most certainly fit a number of those important men in your life.

Having two little girls and lots of nieces, I don't get the chance to make a lot of masculine cards. I was so excited to ink up the the "Handy Man" from the WILD & CRAZY GUYS set. The paper, MME Remarkable, is one of my few dwindling manly paper pad. I kept my embellishments simple with a few brads and twine. My sentiment is added to a piece of adhesive backed wood paper, using Stazon Ink . I got the 6x6 sheet of wood paper in a card kit a few years back and I have been using it in small pieces. I really need to find more.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Now it's time for you to check out the other Krafty Girls and our Guests who are sharing their WILD & CRAZY projects today! As you are hopping along, remember to leave your comments. We would love to see you win a prize. That's right, hop, comment and one lucky krafty friend will win Krafty $ to spend in the shop!

All of the May release stamps will be available Saturday night after the release party!

Facebook Release Party
Join Kimmie, the Krafty Girls, Guests and our Krafty friends as we party and celebrate the May release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday May 16th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.